Kassie
is a single, independent woman that finds herself questioning her lifestyle
after all of her best friend get married and settle down.

Even
if she’s the only unmarried girl in the pack she isn’t single anymore. Now that
all her friends are married and all the wedding planning is over, she has a
chance to concentrate in her relationship with Josh. Or so she thought, since
her friends keep visiting her with a major life changing crisis.

Helping
her friends plan their wedding was no problem─dealing with unexpected personal
situations is a whole other thing.

You
can read how she helps Laura and Marisol to plan their weddings.

Marisol’s Wedding

Book 2

Kassandra’s last single friend got
married in the summer. But even if she’s the only unmarried girl in the pack
she isn’t single anymore. Now that all her friends are married and all the
wedding planning is over, she has a chance to concentrate in her relationship
with Josh. Or so she thought until Marisol visits her with a major
life.changing crisis. Helping her friends plan their wedding was no
problem─dealing with an unexpected pregnancy is a whole other thing.

Kassandra is unable to decide the best
way to help Marisol, specially when her relationship with Josh starts
reaching an amount of commitment that she wasn’t expecting. Both girls will
have to remember the past in order to move their relationships forward.

Kassandra is a single, independent
woman who prides herself on her own success. Now her life seems complete when
Josh─a thoughtful, handsome, and the worst kind of charmer─leaves his
womanizing days behind and can’t seem to stay away from her. Kassandra
keeps wondering if their single days are really over and they’re ready
for a monogamous and committed relationship.

Marisol is a married woman with the
perfect life─A wonderful husband and a beautiful son. Life gets even better
when her little boy is finally ready for school and Sol can go back to work.

Destiny
is full of surprises for both girls, and sometimes the plans that you have
aren’t the ones in the path before you.

Join
Kassandra
and Marisol
as they remember how they planned Sol’s wedding while they solve together the
difficulties in the present.

About the Author

K.T. Castle loves reading, writing, and
painting. She's on a quest to find the words, forms, and colors to materialize
the worlds and people of her imagination. She loves reading Paranormal, New
Adult, and Contemporary Romance. She never saw herself as an incurable
romantic, but lately, that's what she finds herself musing about. Love is found
everywhere, regardless of whether it comes from a nice person or an ass—mundane
or even vampire.

When
she's not busy with work, in front of a computer placing many thoughts in
order, she makes her best to be creative or relax with a good TV series and
snacks. Some of her favorite characters are Jon Snow, Daenerys, Barney Stinson,
Saint, Rome Archer, Rush, Gretchen McKay, and Cinderella.

Kassandra is a single, independent woman
who prides herself on her own success. But when she’s asked by her best friend
Laura to be the Maid of Honor in her wedding, Kassandra finds herself
questioning her lifestyle. Helping Laura plan the wedding is no problem—she’s
done it before for all their other friends. The first time was a blast, the
second super fun, but doing it without receiving any help from the rest of the
girls gets old really fast.

The whole event kicks off with the worst
kind of surprise when Kassandra discovers who her friend's fiancé really is,
and she's torn between supporting Laura's future happiness and hiding the
deeply buried, intimate past she shares with the groom-to-be. Struggling to be
the bigger person and do all the hard work on her own, Kassandra finds
surprising comfort in Josh, the best man in the wedding and someone she's been
avoiding for years. He's charming, thoughtful, handsome, and the worst kind of
womanizer, but she just can't seem to stay away. All the while, Kassandra can't
help wondering if the wedding could be any more cliché—until she finds
unexpected ways to change things up a bit.

My apartment had an open plan. It
wasn’t big—just big enough. I had it all decorated in light neutral colors,
white dominating most of the space. Marisol had taken the pink piglet with her
and placed it on the marble counter while we had some tea and cookies.

She was calmer after she revealed her
true intentions to me, but we didn’t discuss her options much more; we both
knew that this was a decision she had to make on her own.

An hour later, Josh and Micah
returned. We knew they’d already had dinner, since anyone could see red thick
tomato sauce smudged all over the toddler’s face. The boys had hunted some
chicken soup and green salad for us girls, relieving me of my cooking duties.

After having her soup, Marisol said
her farewells. Michael texted her that he was on his way home, and she wanted
to be there to greet him. She took some leftover pizza and salad for Michael’s
dinner. Josh helped her out with Micah, who’d fallen asleep watching cartoons
in my room.

It was a surprise to see Josh so
helpful with the rowdy toddler. I didn’t know he liked children, and it
surprised me even more that he was actually good with them. I finished cleaning
the kitchen, and Josh came back to hug me from behind. “How about I rub your
shoulders before I go home?”

“That sounds wonderful,” I said as he
stepped back so I could continue with my last task.

“You’re really tense, babe,” he
informed me. “What had Sol so upset?” He moved away and leaned against the
kitchen counter.

“She’s pregnant.”

He crossed his arms before
commenting, “I thought that would be something to be happy about. I know I’d
love to knock you up.” My boyfriend said naturally, as if we’d had a
conversation of the sort recently—or at all.

We’d only dated for six months, so
the baby subject had never been discussed before.

To be honest, I’d never in my
life even thought about babies. I was about to ask Josh what exactly he meant
by his comment when he distracted me with another question.

“Michael isn’t happy about her being
pregnant, or what?”

“Michael doesn’t know yet,” I
explained, doing my best not to show the panic I felt at his mention of us
having babies. I wasn’t ready for that at all, but this was really about Sol
and Michael, not us. “And, please, don’t tell him. I probably shouldn’t have
told you anything.”

“Sure, that’s for them to talk
about.” At least we agreed on that, but I was still stock on his revelation.

“Josh,” I asked as calmly as I could
manage, trying to control the arrhythmia suddenly overtaking my body, “what
exactly did you mean by the knocking-me-up comment?” I stopped wiping the
microwave so I could look at him and size up his reaction.

“Nothing much,” he nonchalantly
answered, his gray eyes clear with honesty. “Just a silly comment.” Then he
crossed his arms over the broad chest I loved so much and gazed back at me as
if he was gauging my own reaction in return.

I didn’t know if he’d meant anything
by those words or if he was just trying to shake off the whole topic—maybe
because of the doubtful vibes I was sending his way. I turned and walked to the
sink, rinsing the cloth I used to clean the kitchen and placing it next to the
wide metallic bowl. “You’d like to have a baby.” It was meant to be a question,
but I expressed it as a statement.

“Sure. Why not?” Josh answered with
complete honesty. “I’d like to have a baby in the future.”

I exhaled deeply. That made me feel a
little better, even if he hadn’t said he wanted to have a baby with me in that
future. I walked to the living room, made myself comfortable on the light
couch, and took a few seconds to think clearly.

It was rational for anyone to think
about having children in the future, wasn’t it?

“I didn’t even know you liked
children,” I said. He joined me on the sofa and turned me around so he could massage
my shoulders as he’d promised.

“I didn’t know it myself, so of
course you didn’t know.” Josh cleared his throat while his hands did their
magic. “I thought my nephew was the only kid I liked, and he’s older now.
Playing videogames with him is the highlight of our relationship. But I’ve been
spending some time with babies recently. Nat’s girl is so cute, there are no
words to describe her. And Micah—he’s super fun. We had a good time together
today.

“My sister got pregnant in her early
twenties,” he continued, “so I was still a teenager when Elliot was born. I
guess that’s why I didn’t have that much time to enjoy him. He’s twelve now—a
real teen nightmare. Of course, being the cool uncle and playing Playstation
with him always helps.”

“Oh.” I mean, what else could I say?
I knew so little about his family. I already knew he had a sister who was a
single mother, but I didn’t know his nephew was a teenager. He rarely talked
about them, so I thought he wanted to keep our relationship lighter than
‘meeting-the-family’ status, and I was perfectly fine with it.

He’d mentioned to me that I should
meet his sister once or twice, but there’d always been something else to do.
Maybe he wasn’t that interested in me meeting his family, but I knew why I
didn’t want him to meet mine. Knowing them, they’d make the situation much more
formal than it should have been, and I didn’t want Josh to get the impression I
was out to tie him down. Our intentions with each other were clear, but the
formality and future path of our relationship was a whole other topic. I didn’t
know if he was ready for something like that; I knew that at the moment, I
definitely wasn’t.

“I still don’t get it, though.” Josh
completely changed the subject and therefore my train of thought. “Why is her
pregnancy a problem?”

“Marisol hasn’t worked since Micah
was born,” I explained. “She’s the best financial manager I’ve ever met. Sol’s
great at her job, banks were always throwing money at her to work for them, but
most of all, she really enjoyed working with numbers. She was really truly
happy. Not that she isn’t right now,” I clarified. “She’s completely in love
with Michael and Micah. I don’t think she’d have it any other way. But she was
happy to go back to work, to feel fulfilled in her professional life. Now that
Micah’s in preschool, she accepted a proposal from a bank she used to work for.
Marisol’s super happy getting her chance to work with all those numbers. And
she feels that a new baby will change it all. Somehow, she thinks that Michael
and her family will pressure her into staying at home with the baby. She’s
terrified of that.”

“That’s why she was so upset.” Josh
seemed to really understand Marisol’s situation—seemed completely sympathetic.
“But there must be other options,” he added. “Besides, a new baby should be a
source of joy in any family. I love how children light up a place.”

OMG. I had never expected something
like this from a man like Josh. A man I saw with so many different women, I
once considered him a womanizer. A man who worked in the fashion world at a
modeling agency, scouting models at bars and pubs. A man who kept telling me he
was so in love with me. And now he mentioned babies and how wonderful they are.

It was too much for me right then.

“Whether they’re planned or not,
having a baby is a big deal. People should be happy about it,” Josh continued,
voicing his opinions in a parallel universe I never thought existed.

Yep, too much. I needed to stop this
conversation.

“I’m sure,” I said, trying to stop
any more ‘how wonderful are babies’ comments. “You know what, Josh? I’m really
tired.” I stood and ran from his loving ministrations. “This whole thing with
Sol completely drained all my energy and I have an early day tomorrow. Do you
mind if I go to bed now?”

“Oh, sure, gorgeous,” he said. “I
completely understand.” Josh walked to the door and I followed him closely.
“I’ll see you tomorrow, then.” The way he said goodbye sometimes made my body
physically reluctant to let him go. His kisses completely melted me, and he
knew just how to ignite my body so I couldn’t do anything but want him.
Tonight, though, I felt like being alone, and I really needed him to go.

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